COMILLA-SONNAMURA
BORDER –INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
News: 3 Bangladeshi nationals arrested in Tripura
while trying to board bus to Punjab
What's in
the news?
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The official said the
Bangladeshi nationals admitted to having entered India through the Comilla-Sonamura border in Tripura’s
Sepahijala district.
Key
takeaways:
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According to state police
sources, dozens of Bangladeshi nationals
and Rohingyas cross the India-Bangladesh border illegally each month.
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Later, they are transported
to other parts of the country using bogus documents.
● Using digital surveillance and tracking, the NIA and BSF caught 29 touts across the country in November and December last year. Five were arrested in Tripura.